Steamscape: Inspiration Point. The White Pass Rotary Fleet claws its way past Inspiration Point en route to another day of operations to clear the line for the opening of the tourist season... (more)

Steamscape: Ptarmigan Point. After a very stubborn drift delayed them for nearly 30 minutes, the White Pass Rotary Fleet finally rounds Ptarmigan Point, on the western shore of Lake Fraser... (more)

Somewhere around here, there's a railroad. A White Pass "Cat" cuts down the deep snow pack to a level that will allow the line's rotary snow plow to operate without continuously stalling o... (more)

Forward! After a brief break to allow guest photographers to snowshoe ahead of the train, White Pass Superintendent Ed Hanousek motions to the Engineers on the pusher locomotives to resume ... (more)

Nothing happens without water. White Pass Fireman Jeremy Simmons oversees the watering of Rotary Plow #1 during a brief servicing stop at Glacier Siding. Back when steam was the primary mo... (more)

When you guys are done, could you do my driveway? Retired crew member Mike O'Daniel leads the charge as the White Pass Rotary Fleet impacts an 8-foot drift in front of the station building ... (more)

Majestic! That was about the only word I could come up with to describe this extraordinary scene of a steam-powered rotary snow plow and two pusher engines going full tilt in the pristine ... (more)

"Fellas, we're lookin' at some real Canadian Concrete up ahead!" White Pass Manager of Train Operations, Mark Schaefer (red jacket), holds a brief conference with the crew of Steam Locomoti... (more)

The power behind the plow. The White Pass & Yukon Rotary Fleet breaks out of Canadian Shed and heads north toward Fraser, British Columbia under a wintry sky. In this going-away view of t... (more)

Mountain Muscle. The White Pass & Yukon's 1908 Baldwin 2-8-0 #69 switches shop leads at the south end of the White Pass Yard, as she prepares to couple up with Mikado #73 and Rotary #1 for... (more)

Steamin' up the Rotary Fleet. White Pass Master Mechanic Wayland Ferreira greases and oils the running gear on Locomotive 69 as the cab crews bring the rotary and her two pusher engines up... (more)

A carbon footprint stands out on an otherwise pristine landscape as the White Pass Rotary Fleet cruises through 3 ft deep snow toward Fraser, British Columbia, just a couple of miles ahead.... (more)

Breakout! After struggling mightily with 15-20 ft. snow drifts for a day and half, WPY Rotary #1 and her train finally break out of White Pass, just north of Canadian Shed, with Rotary Pilo... (more)

Clearing the platform at Bennett. The White Pass Rotary Fleet begins to attack the winter's accumulation of snow from the tracks at the station platform in Bennett, British Columbia. Loca... (more)

The big reveal. White Pass Master Mechanic Dave Sorrell opens the access covers on WPY Rotary #1 to reveal the steam engine that powers the greatest show on rails. When I heard that the Wh... (more)